Henry-Russell Hitchcock was born in the year 1903 in Boston , Massachusetts . Hitchcock studied at Harvard University where he met Philip Johnson. Hitchcock and Johnson worked together to present the architectural technique, the International Style, at the Museum of Modern Art . Hitchcock later became the director of the Smith College Museum of Art in the year 1949. In 1968, Hitchcock became an instructor at the New York Institute of Fine Arts. As an architectural historian, Hitchcock’s writings tended to focus on the formal aspects of buildings rather than the political or social views. He was later criticized for his “narrow-minded” views. Hitchcock is also responsible for founding the Victorian Society, and at one time served as the president of the Victorian Style in America . The Victoria Society is an organization that studies and appreciates Victorian Architecture. Hitchcock died at the age of 83 of cancer.